Sports Business Journal reported earlier this week that the Big 12 Conference and ESPN are nearing agreement on a nine-year, $1.3 billion TV rights extension through 2025. The current ESPN/Big 12 deal runs through 2016.
3/16 – CBS Announces Tip-Times and Match-Ups For Third-Round Games on Saturday, March 17
Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for third-round coverage of the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 17 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET) with all games available in their entirety across three national television…
3/16 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
MLB EXHIBITION Detroit vs. New York Mets — MLB Network/SNY, 1 p.m. Washington vs. New York Yankees — MLB TV / YES, 1 p.m. Cleveland vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m. Texas vs. Los Angeles Dodgers —…
3/15 – ESPN’s Complete NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Coverage
For the eighth consecutive year, ESPN will present every glass-crushing moment of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship starting with the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Show on Sunday, March 18, and culminating with the Frozen Four…
3/15 – Second Night of ‘First Four’ Drops Some
Overnight ratings declined slightly for the back half of Wednesday’s ‘First Four’ doubleheader, while the opening game held steady. Wednesday’s Cal/USF NCAA Tournament ‘First Four’ game drew a 0.8 overnight rating on TruTV, down a tick from VCU/USC last year…
3/15 – Heat-Bulls Sets ESPN Record
Wednesday’s Heat/Bulls NBA regular season game drew a 6.2 rating on ESPN in Chicago, the market’s highest rating ever for a regular season game on the network. Nationally, the game drew a 2.2 overnight rating, the third-best of the season…